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When I was a kid, my mom took a macrame class (yes this was back in the early 80’s). She then taught me everything she’d learned and together we made everything from plant hangers to Christmas ornaments that year. I still have several of the ornaments and decorations that we made, and one of my […]

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This post is part of the HEALTHY ESSENTIALS® 2014 program by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. and The Motherhood, who sent me a box of products and compensated me for my time. Opinions, experiences and photos shared here are all my own, and I hope you enjoy them.
The holiday season is a magical time […]

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I’ve come to realize over the past several years that my favorite holiday is the 4th of July. Not only is it a chance to honor our great U. S. of A., but it’s a holiday filled with summertime activities, friends and fun.
For many years now, our family’s July 4th tradition has been to spend […]

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After the world’s longest winter break, my kids finally went back to school today.
Ok, so it wasn’t really the longest winter break ever – but it was three days longer than it was supposed to be, and by yesterday it was feeling like the kids were never going to go back.
Getting everyone out the door […]

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Nothing like last minute, right?
Halloween costumes have recently become a big source of stress for me. Gone are the years where I could shop a year ahead and grab something cute on clearance, “oh don’t you want to be a _____ this year? You’ll be so cute!”.
Yeah, right. Now the kids are old enough to […]

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Such a cliché, right – where has the time gone? I blink and a whole month has gone by…
But a true saying, at least lately. I swear just yesterday I was thinking that it was way too early to be starting to think about dealing with the holiday season yet – and now here it […]

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I fully admit that I’m not the most creative person out there – not by a long shot. I can follow a pattern when it comes to something like knitting, but to be able to visualize how a project will turn out, to design something or even to think of new ideas using existing techniques… […]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Yes, I know I’m a little bit late, but I’ve been sick all weekend, so I’m a bit behind. 😉
This was a strange St. Patrick’s Day for me – not only with being sick, but with the day falling on a weekend so the girls really didn’t have any school activities. […]

So along with revving my blogging back up, I’m so excited to get back into posting for Wordless Wednesday (now on this site) every week again. Don’t forget to see more photos at Wordless Wednesday, Project Alicia, Live and Love Out Loud, Seven Clown Circus, Parenting By Dummies, Better in Bulk, and 5 Minutes For […]

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My oldest daughter is a very unique personality. She’s a concrete thinker to the extreme where everything is black-and-white with no grays in between. We struggle with the fact that she just simple NEEDS to be in the middle of what’s going on – not just to know that things are going to happen as […]

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I am 43 years old, married and the mom of 3 beautiful daughters. I blog at "Just a mom's take on things..." and am the Director of Operations for TravelingMom.com where I blog as Technology TravelingMom as well.

I am learning more about myself every day, come and join me on my journey!